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Re: Ownership of Files



Amen!

Now, if corporations could just convince the photographers they hire of
this!!!!



Bill Jackson
Senior Archivist
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Milwaukee, WI


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From: Jill Schneider [mailto:jschnidr@USGS.GOV]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Ownership of Files


Taking an argument to its absurdist conclusion, this attitude ("I worked on
this project, the files are mine") would be the same as a contractor saying
"I built this house, therefore it's mine".  The files belong to the company
that paid to have the work done, and you need to reiterate this for anyone
giving you a hard time about it.  Even in research or creative endeavors,
if you are a salaried employee of a company, the company owns what you do
on company time with company resources.  Maybe your company's policy needs
to be rewritten with some stronger language to reflect this.  Good luck!!!

Jill L Schneider
USGS - Alaska Technical Data Unit
907-786-7457
jschnidr@usgs.gov
http://tundra.wr.usgs.gov/wrmrsAK/












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Thank you for all the information on computer policies, but the original
request was aimed at all files regardless of format.

How do you make it clear to employees that files generated in the course of
their work for an organization, business or institution belong to that
organization, business or institution's archives? This is a concern
especially for creative works, similar to what may be created in Research &
Development areas or science labs or new product development in industry.
Any proven tactics to counter the "I worked on the project, the files are
mine" attitude?
Thanks, again for all previous and future advice!
Leah Weisse
leah_weisse@wgbh.org

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